Development of an academic risk model to support higher education quality assurance

McDonald, T. J. and O'Byrne, Derek and O'Leary, Paul and O'Riordan, Chris (2020) Development of an academic risk model to support higher education quality assurance. In: HEAd 2020 - 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances :. International Conference on Higher Education Advances . Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, ESP, pp. 1323-1329. ISBN 9788490488119

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Abstract

This paper presents a model of risk management in higher education, to support the quality assurance framework and the activities, more generally, of a Higher Education Institute. Its purpose is to define the Institute's approach to academic risk and its management and to inform decision-making. Academic risk is defined and contextualized in terms of published literature. Decision-making and judgement is at the centre of all academic activities and accordingly inherent risk will always exist, through the exercise of judgement, the operation of academic policies and procedures and through compliance. A normative model of academic risk assessment is proposed, based on three levels: isolated academic risk, repeated academic risk and systemic academic risk. This is followed by a proposed model for action according to the level of risk. Finally the operation of the model in our higher education institute is presented.

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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:15
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2023 23:35
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4890

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